Illustrative textile image; not Don Talbot’s artwork. Photo by Tom Fisk on Pexels

A walk can become more than a way to stretch your legs, and a new exhibition in Cresson offers an unusually tangible example.

Mount Aloysius College is presenting textile work by art professor Dr. Don Talbot in its Wolf-Kuhn Gallery, giving Cambria County visitors an opportunity to see how a daily outdoor practice developed into a sustained creative project.

The exhibition, titled L’heure bleue: On Becoming a Walking Artist, brings together work created during a 15-month sabbatical in Lisbon, Maine.

A journey told in stages

The college announced the exhibition on October 13 and describes a collection of roughly 50 pieces to be shown in three consecutive installments.

The current installment, Part I: The Journey Begins, remains on display through November 6, 2026.

Parts II and III are scheduled to follow and continue through the spring.

For readers planning a visit during the October 28–November 3 newsletter week, that places the first installment within the current viewing window.

It also offers a reason to return later, because the entire body of work will not appear in a single presentation.

Talbot’s process combined walking, journal writing and making objects, rather than treating the outdoor routine as something separate from his studio practice.

His account connects the movement of walking with reflection about identity and the meaning of being a maker.

Look closely at the materials

The work uses textiles that are screen-printed and hand-painted before being quilted into collages of color and ink.

Most of the textiles are original, noncommercial pieces.

Those details suggest a useful way to approach the exhibition: give yourself time to look at how the surfaces are constructed, as well as the overall image.

Notice where one material meets another, how repeated shapes guide your eye and how stitching changes a flat surface.

These are suggested ways of looking, rather than descriptions of any particular piece.

You do not need a formal art vocabulary to start that kind of conversation.

A family visit might begin with a simple question about which colors or textures each person notices first.

A friend who sews, quilts, paints or keeps a journal may find a different point of connection.

Plan the visit before you leave

The Wolf-Kuhn Gallery is inside the college’s Main Administration Building at 7373 Admiral Peary Highway in Cresson.

The exhibition announcement lists access during college business hours, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Check with the college before traveling, particularly if you need to confirm a specific day, accessibility arrangements or visitor parking.

The campus map includes directions and an accessibility, wellness and safety map that can help first-time visitors orient themselves.

Traveling from elsewhere in the county is easier when you identify the building and parking plan before arriving.

Allow some time to find the gallery rather than treating the address alone as the complete plan.

A nearby invitation to slow down

The appeal of this exhibition is the connection between an ordinary routine and a body of creative work.

It offers a starting point for thinking about what repeated attention can reveal, whether that attention happens on a walk, in a sketchbook or while working with fabric.

That is an interpretation visitors can explore for themselves, rather than a promise about what every person will take away.

For Cambria County readers looking for an indoor cultural stop as autumn progresses, the first installment provides a timely option close to home.

Confirm your visit with Mount Aloysius, use the campus map and make time to look carefully before Part I closes.

Sources and useful links

Exhibition announcement

Campus map and directions

Mount Aloysius visitor information